According to a survey by the Daily Mail (UK) a number of local authorities are considering authorising a radical new technique from Sweden to deal with dead bodies.
Called promession it involves freeze drying corpses in liquid nitrogen and then breaking them down into powder. The water that makes up two thirds of the bulk of a human being evaporates away and any toxic parts like those mercury fillings can be separated out. The resulting powder will apparently compost away into a rich soil in just a couple of months.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Eco-friendly Burial
- The trend of eco-friendly burial methods, such as promession, offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the funeral industry.
- Sustainable Decomposition
- The trend towards sustainable decomposition techniques, like freeze drying and composting of human remains, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for waste management and environmental industries.
- Alternative Funeral Practices
- The trend of exploring alternative funeral practices, such as the use of liquid nitrogen to break down corpses, enables disruptive innovations in the funeral services sector.
Where This Applies
- Funeral Services
- Incorporating eco-friendly burial methods like promession into the funeral services industry can drive disruptive innovation and sustainability.
- Waste Management
- Adopting sustainable decomposition techniques, such as freeze drying and composting of human remains, in the waste management industry can lead to disruptive innovation in handling organic waste.
- Environmental Services
- The adoption of alternative funeral practices, such as the use of liquid nitrogen for decomposition, offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the environmental services sector for managing organic materials.
